Fine wine, Italy flies in 2019: +5.15% for Italy 100, in the first 9 months of the year, on the Liv-Ex

With a consistent +5.15% since the beginning of the year, Italy 100, the index dedicated to the fine wines of the Belpaese, confirms the solidity of the growth of the most prestigious labels of the Belpaese, monitored by the benchmark of the secondary market Liv-Ex, with the index formed by the most recent physical years of Sassicaia, Masseto, Solaia (Antinori), Tignanello (Antinori), Ornellaia, Barbaresco by Gaja, Barolo Monfortino Riserva and Barolo Cascina Francia by Giacomo Conterno, Guado al Tasso (Antinori) and Redigaffi by Tua Rita, which also confirms its highest performance in 2019, with all other indices falling, to Bordeaux 500 (-0.7%) to Bordeaux Legends (-1.67%), from Burgundy 150 (-2.31%) to Rest of the World 50 (-0.52%), with the only other exception, besides the Italian one, represented by Champagne 50 (+2.49%). Data updated at the end of September 2019, a month that actually saw the Italy 100 substantially flat (+0.17%), and a real exploit of the Burgundy 150, which marked a growth of 2.5%. But for Italy there is also another small record: in a Liv-Ex 100, the reference index of the platform that monitors the price trends of the most sought-after collectible wines ever, (where Italy is more present than in the past, with Masseto 2014 and 2015, Ornellaia 2013 and 2015, Sassicaia 2014, 2015 and 2016, Tignanello 2015 and 2016, Solaia 2015, Barolo Monfortino Riserva 2010 by Giacomo Conterno, Barolo 2014 by Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo Villero 2013 Brovia and Sperss 2013 by Gaja), the best performer, in terms of price increase, is Sassicaia 2015, which grew by +5.2% between August and September, ahead of Pavie 2010 (+5.1%), Leoville Las Cases 2005 (+4%), Ornellaia 2013 (+3.5%) and Mission Haut Brion 2009 (+3.4%).